Springfield, Massachusetts

On July 6 2012, Skylar Neese’s work shift was over and she returned to her home in West Virginia for the night. According to her father and the apartments surveillance video showed Skylar sneaking out of her bedroom window around midnight getting into an unknown sedan. In the sedan were her “best friends” who were Sheila Eddy and Rachel Shoaf. The three girls headed north from Star city and traveled along Route 7 and ended up at Wayne Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. They arrived near the…

In “The Crucible” ,written by Authur Miller, it’s spring of 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts. Strange events start to occur after Reverend Paris finds his daughter, his niece, his slave and many other girls dancing in the forest. His niece ,Abigail Williams, has a history of lying, getting released from service and being a rebel, she is the most responsible for conjuring up spirits and for also conjuring up the devil in Salem. Abigail is responsible for conjuring up the devil in Salem because when…

The Crucible is a 1952 play by Arthur Miller. About the events surrounding the 1692 witch trials of Salem. Miller shows people accusing each other falsely to save themselves from the high court of Salem. To him, only those who refused to help even to the point of death hold onto their honour and sense to die as a martyr. In this essay, I will be focusing on the differences about Elizabeth Proctor and Abigail Williams. One of the similarities between these two women, is their romantic interest in…

Choices led to Salem’s fall and it was the core of everyone’s hatred for each other, all for a quest of lust. The Crucible was a build up of hatred for neighbours and friends, a wild quest for vengeance. Being called a “witch” would’ve had the most dire consequences. A foolish quest for personal gains led to the deaths of strangers and beloved ones. Arthur Miller depicted religious views on witchcraft from the community, which was not real, and in reality was really just backstabbing. It is…

punishments and death for some men, women, and children. The Salem Witch Trials are known as a dark time in history. The Salem Witch Trials are “a series of witchcraft cases brought before local magistrates in the colony of Salem, Massachusetts, 1692” (History of Massachusetts-The Salem Witch Trials). The Salem Witch Trials began in February 1692 and concluded in May 1693 (Salem Witch Trials). They took place in the small village of Salem…

The Crucible is about trails that are happening during the Salem witch era, as people during this time were suspicious of everyone they knew. They turned their backs on their neighbors, and sometimes even their family to get back at people they disliked and to get revenge. Before long, a witch hunt takes place trying to find anyone who is in suspicion and bring them to court. A crucible’s definition is a place or occasion of severe test or trial as the group of girls that are the accuses are the…

Representations of politics often reveal either the best or worst of human nature. Discuss this view with detailed reference to your prescribed text and ONE other text of your own choosing. It is a truism that negative representations of politics often reveal the worst of human nature. The use of manipulation to gain political power and ascendancy over others in the community through the character of Abigail and clearly shown in Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible. As well as this, political…

The theme of reputation and respect for people is portrayed clearly in The Crucibles, by Arthur Miller through Abigail, and the girls. During the time of the trials, women and children were unimportant, they were never to speak unless spoken to, and they never could partake or establish any important decisions. However, in the witch court trials Abigail and the girls had power amongst everyone; they could say who was guilty and who was innocent. Since the girls had power over Salem, they were…

Through the Crucible by Arthur Miller, readers may start to think that Abigail Williams is the most despicable character in the crucible. Abigail in my opinion is the most despicable character in the entire play, although she has witnessed her parents’ murder. She was led to believe that John Proctor loved her. When his wife found out she fired Abigail. Eventually Abigail accuses Mrs. Proctor of witchcraft hoping she can be with John. Abigail gets other girls to help her out and fake being…

roots to some of the earliest English settlers in America. They trace back to William Goodridge who was born in England and had children born in Massachusetts Bay in 1639. We will pick up the Goodridge story with Benjamin Franklin Goodridge’s parents, Oliver and Elizabeth, parents of five children. Elizabeth was born April 14, 1752 in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, and died at of the young age of 46 from breast cancer on November 25, 1798. Her ephitaph reads: Here rests a woman, good without…